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Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory / Ben Macintyre.

Macintyre, Ben, 1963- (Author).

Summary:

From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes an extraordinary account of the most successful deception--and certainly the strangest--ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan--code named Operation Mincemeat--was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed, and the Allies ultimately chose

Record details

ISBN: 9780307453280
ISBN: 0307453286
Physical Description: xiv, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans ; 20 cm
Publisher: New York : Broadway Paperbacks, [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-399) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Sardine spotter -- Corkscrew minds -- Room 13 -- Target Sicily -- Man who was -- A novel approach -- Pam -- Butterfly collector -- My dear Alex -- Table-tennis traitor -- Gold prospector -- Spy who baked cakes -- Mincement sets sail -- Bill's farewell -- Dulce et decorum -- Spanish trails -- Kühlenthal's coup -- Mincemeat digested -- Hitler loses sleep -- Seraph and Huskey -- A nice cup of tea -- Hook, line, and sinker -- Mincement revealed -- Aftermath